Sex Vice and Love from Antiquity to Modernity

by Blanshard, Alastair J. L.

• ISBN13: 9781405122917
• ISBN10: 1405122919
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-04-26
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

Sex: Vice and Love from Antiquity to Modernity examines the impact that sexual fantasies about the classical world have had on modern Western culture. Offers a wealth of information on sex in the Greek and Roman world Correlates the study of classical sexuality with modern Western cultures Identifies key influential themes in the evolution of erotic discourse from antiquity to modernity Presents a serious and thought-provoking topic with great accessibility

Author Biography

ALASTAIR J.L. BLANSHARD is a senior lecturer in Classics & Ancient History at the University of Sydney. He is the author of Hercules: A Heroic Life (2005).

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations

Preface

Roman Vice

Introduction

Naked Bodies

An introduction cless than successful to the naked body

The Naked Body in Greece

Naked Romans

The Love of Art and the Art of Love

Obscene Texts

Illustrating the Unspeakable

Talking Dirty

Erotic Rites

The Myth of the Orgy

Locating the Erotic in Roman Religion

Imperial Biography

The Private Lives of the Caesars

Explaining Roman Gossip Culture

Greek Love

Introduction

What is 'Greek Love'?: Scenes from a Courtroom I

Greece

The Loves of Hellas

The Platonic Vision

Rome and the West

Greece under Rome and Rome under Greece

Greek love burns briefly, but brightly

Renaissance and Enlightenment

Giving Birth in the Beautiful

The Pursuit of Love

Nineteenth-Century and Beyond

Greek Love Triumphant

Sapphic Love

A Mixed Legacy

Epilogue

Scenes from a Courtroom II

Notes and Further Reading

Bibliography

Index

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